Companies Ask Workers to ‘BYOT’

CORRECTED: This post has been corrected to reflect that Wyse Technology plans to allow employees to connect their own iPads to the company network.

An increasing number of companies are asking employees to bring their own smartphones to work, pulling back from the standard practice of procuring and assigning company-owned equipment. Executives discussing their companies’ plans for managing fleets of smartphones, laptops, tablets and other mobile devices at a technology conference in Palm Desert, Calif. this week said they are either testing or implementing policies for having employees bring their own technology, and then reimbursing them for part or all of the associated costs.